Paragraph 5 I1

(1)

Any application under this Schedule must be made by a person who—

(a)

is of a prescribed description; and

(b)

is unconnected with P (see section 304).

(2)

Regulations under sub-paragraph (1)(a) may in particular prescribe, as a description of persons who may make an application under this Schedule—

(a)

an approved social worker;

(b)

a person of a prescribed description who is designated by the managing authority of a hospital or care home in which P is an in-patient or resident as a person who may make applications under this Schedule;

(c)

a person of a prescribed description who is designated by an appropriate person (as defined by the regulations) as a person who may make applications under this Schedule.

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Sch. 1 para. 5 in operation at 2.12.2019 for specified purposes by S.R. 2019/163, art. 2(4), Sch. Pt. 4 (with art. 3) (as amended by S.R. 2019/190, art. 2)